[Leica] Male Rufous with new lens

[cummer at netvigator.com (H&E Cummer)]

Hi Gene,
Thanks for looking and commenting. My hummingbird friends are on a feeding 
cycle which includes both early morning and early evening photo ops. As you 
deduced the light isn't very bright so I end up with ISO 6400 - which the 
D800E handles very well - and then have to choose between closing down for a 
bit more sharpness or shooting wide open and keeping up the shutter speed - 
in this case already down to 1/400 - to try to limit wing blur. So it is 
always a compromise.
I agree the 80 - 400 is quite a sharp lens and in my experience certainly a 
step up from the 300 f4.0 with convertor. I hope to get more pictures that 
prove the point.
Cheers
Howard

Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 09:07:05 -0500 (CDT)
From: grduprey at mchsi.com
Subject: Re: [Leica] Male Rufous with new lens
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>

Hi Howard,

Nice capture, but maybe a bit soft.  I would have stopped the lens down one 
stop and get back the detail.  At first I could not understand why it had 
the grain/noise, but then saw the iso you had set, and this would also 
effect the max aperture if in low light.  The new 80 to 400 lens is getting 
some very nice reviews for sharp, clear images.  Love your Hummer photos.

Gene